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Bill	The Golden State Energy Act.	(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations. Existing law authorizes the commission to fix just and reasonable rates and charges for public utilities.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	SB 350	California SB 350 (20192020)	bill	The Golden State Energy Act.	enacted	Hill	7	34	7	2019-02-19	2020-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/d30f0041-adf1-4436-afb1-03b869755446	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB350	d8da3a11961b7eb5e2f1de92615448535ca4ceeb11d3977acb8b36b3d82fa17f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 350 (20192020) — The Golden State Energy Act.

(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations. Existing law authorizes the commission to fix just and reasonable rates and charges for public utilities.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 02/19/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/14/20 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/10/20 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/11/20 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/30/20 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB350 (committee substitute) — source
7. 06/29/20 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 350 Hill Senate Third Reading By Holden — 57–17 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 10–3 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB350 Hill et al. Concurrence — 30–8 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — 9–3 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hill — primary (person)
• Dodd — principal coauthor (person)
• Holden — principal coauthor (person)
• McGuire — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2019-02-19 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2019-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
• 2019-02-28 Referred to Com. on E., U. & C. referral-committee
• 2019-03-15 Set for hearing March 27.
• 2019-03-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 464.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-05 Set for hearing April 22.
• 2019-04-22 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2019-04-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-04-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 820.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-04-25 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2019-05-09 Referred to Com. on U. & E. referral-committee
• 2019-07-10 July 10 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2020-05-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-05-28 May 28 set for second hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2020-06-08 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
• 2020-06-08 Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
• 2020-06-08 (Ayes 58. Noes 17. Page 4672.)
• 2020-06-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-06-10 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (June 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2020-06-10 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-06-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-06-11 Assembly Rule 69 suspended.
• 2020-06-11 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-06-11 Ordered to third reading.
• 2020-06-15 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 17. Page 4891.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-06-16 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2020-06-18 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
• 2020-06-24 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3813.) Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-06-26 Set for hearing June 29.
• 2020-06-29 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 3. Page 3913.) committee-passage
• 2020-06-29 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 3896.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-29 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2020-07-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-07-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 27, Statutes of 2020.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d30f0041-adf1-4436-afb1-03b869755446. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).